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Imaginary Homelands: Essays and Criticism, 1981-1991
by Rushdie, Salman
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 014014224X
- ISBN 13
- 9780140142242
- Seller
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Blackpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Penguin Books / Granta, 1991. First Edition, First Impression . Cloth Bound Boards. Near Fine/Near Fine. 1991 First edition, first impression. Size octavo, 432 pages. Black cloth covered boards with silver gilt titles to the spine, grey end-papers, with the dust jacket. Book condition near fine, a very clean copy. Dust jacket condition near fine, not price clipped, protected. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Synopsis
Imaginary Homelands is a collection of 75 essays by Salman Rushdie on a myriad of topics, from immigration and the sense of "home," racism, religion, and the fatwa called on him for the Satanic Verses.
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- Bookseller
- Lazarus Books Limited
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015862
- Title
- Imaginary Homelands: Essays and Criticism, 1981-1991
- Author
- Rushdie, Salman
- Format/Binding
- Cloth Bound Boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Impression
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 014014224X
- ISBN 13
- 9780140142242
- Publisher
- Penguin Books / Granta
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1991
- Keywords
- NON FICTION ESSAYS AUTOBIOGRAPHY RELIGION CURRENT AFFAIRS WORLD POLITICS
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About the Seller
Lazarus Books Limited
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Blackpool, Lancashire
About Lazarus Books Limited
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- Fine
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- Spine
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- Jacket
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